UPDATE 1-NBA-76ers fight back to tie series with Celtics

May 18 (Reuters) - The Philadelphia 76ers roared back froman early 14-point deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics 92-83 andtie their Eastern Conference semi-final series at 2-2 on Friday.

Andre Iguodala scored five consecutive points to break a83-83 tie and Jodie Meeks finished off the visiting Celtics with four free throws in succession as Boston failed to score in thefinal 98 seconds.

"Our guys are pretty amazing," Philadelphia coach DougCollins told reporters. "Fall behind early and they just keeppushing and pushing and pushing."

Iguodala and Evan Turner each had 16 points forPhiladelphia, who travel to Boston for Game Five on Monday.

Lou Williams came off the bench to score 15 points anddeliver eight assists, including a pass to Iguodala for a three-pointer that put Philadelphia up by five.

"Williams played about as well as I have ever seen himplay," Iguodala said. "He was our MVP."

Paul Pierce topped the Celtics with 24 points but KevinGarnett scored only nine.

Boston collected the game's first 14 points and led 46-31 atthe half before Philadelphia outscored them 28-17 in the thirdand 33-20 in the final quarter.

"We lost our composure," said Celtics coach Doc Rivers.

"Coming out of halftime they came out more physical, and wegot into that instead of playing basketball."